Dr. DaShanne Stokes is a trans and genderfluid sociologist, author, speaker, and public intellectual whose work examines gender, sexuality, inequality, discrimination, power, social institutions, and social change. His scholarship and public commentary explore how systems of inequality shape people's lives, how privilege and discrimination are reproduced, and how gender equality and women's rights are connected to broader questions of justice and democracy.

In 2017, Dr. DaShanne Stokes originated the idea and the original design elements for the #MeToo emoji, contributing to the visual language of a movement that would become a defining force in the global conversation about sexual harassment and women's rights. TIME named the Silence Breakers its 2017 Person of the Year, and the #MeToo emoji itself received contemporaneous media attention.

This collection brings together Dr. Stokes' quotations about gender equality, women's rights, bodily autonomy, privilege, discrimination, justice, and equality. A contributor to The SAGE Encyclopedia of Crime and Gender, Dr. Stokes' work connects questions of gender and social inequality to broader issues of power, rights, dignity, and social change.